A message from Annette's Family; It is with great sadness that we share the sudden passing of Annette, the creative heart behind this site. This site will remain online for now as a celebration of her talent and joy she found in sharing and creating.
Author: Annette
Julia showed us how to make this Corner Diamond Fold card in the online class at Crafters Anonymous. I made one a long time ago [then known as a side spring card] but had not thought of this technique in recent times. My base is Summer Starfruit stamped in Summer Starfruit with some of the … Continue reading Perfectly Penned Starfruit Corner Diamond Fold
My third Blooming with Kindness card also uses Emboss Resist. This time, instead of using the dark colour to emboss and sponging with the light colour, I tried it the other way around. The embossing was with So Saffron and the sponging with More Mustard. The sentiment was embossed with More Mustard. Both the flower … Continue reading Blooming with Kindness in Saffron Mustard
Today's Blooming with Kindness has a blue sparkle to it. Using a base card of Naturals White, I added a layer of Pacific Point DSP that was cut with a Labels Framelits die. The flower and sentiment were stamped with Versamark and then heat embossed with a sparkly blue EP [not SU]. The EP bears … Continue reading Blooming with Pacific Point
My next few posts will highlight some cards that I have made with Blooming with Kindness. The first one uses Naturals White for the card base, with a layer of Gumball Green which has been embossed with the Woodgrain TIEF. I stamped the flower image and a sentiment on Whisper White with Versamark and Cherry … Continue reading Blooming with Kindness
Another Splitcoaststampers challenge - this time the CAS challenge is to make a clean and simple collage. I started with a base of Confetti White. A piece of Very Vanilla was stamped in Crumb Cake with the En Francais background image. I then used various Ranger Distress Stains - Antique Linen over the whole piece, … Continue reading Collage Wall Hanging
This week the technique challenge at Splitcoaststampers was to use woven ribbon on your project. I made a ribbon wreath using retired Mellow Moss ¼" Grosgrain Ribbon and added some home made bling to represent berries. My card base is Naturals Ivory layered with a piece of Early Espresso Core'dinations embossed with the Stripes TIEF … Continue reading Woven Ribbon Wreath
